EF2 tornado in Lincoln County, Mississippi

This tornado began in Amite County, where the tornado was at its strongest and 3 injuries occurred. It eventually crossed the Lincoln County line. In this vicinity, the tornado was the strongest with nearly EF2 winds of 125 mph, causing a widespread area of snapped and uprooted trees and substantial roof loss to a couple of residences. The tornado continued northeast over Plum Trail, Highway 569, Frances Trail and Jackson Liberty Drive. The tornado continued to damage trees along these areas, with some roads inaccessible. Some power poles were broken along the intersection of Highway 98 and Highway 569. The tornado continued northeast and slightly narrowed over Chisolm Drive and eventually Summit Drive. It continued northeast before crossing Shannon Drive, Concord Lane, Homesville Road and Wallace Drive. Here the tornado strengthened back to low end EF2 damage, with winds around 115mph, snapping and uprooting numerous large trees. One residence on Shannon Road had moderate roof loss, causing damage to brick facade to one corner of the home. Another home had major roof uplift and loss over the garage and attic, loss of front and back porch and destruction to an outbuilding. Here two vehicles were moved slightly and damaged. Along Homesville Road, a home received minor roof damage while a small outbuilding was destroyed by a fallen tree, with widespread tree damage in the distance. Another home along Concord Lane had full roof uplift and loss, causing collapse to brick facade to one side of the home. The tornado then crossed Bogue Chitto Road, where some trees where a narrow path of tree damage was observed. The tornado began to weaken and breaking small limbs in Big Creek Drive and Tandy Trail area, before lifting just before crossing Interstate 55. Maximum winds were 140 mph, in Amite County. Total path length was 30.43 miles with 10.39 miles in Lincoln County.

A well defined, positively-tilted trough existed across the Southern Plains and at the surface, a cold front was progressing across Arkansas and Louisiana, while an intensifying area of low pressure propagated northeast along the boundary. Discrete supercells developed in the morning on December 16 and moved northeast, spawning multiple strong tornadoes over northeast Louisiana and south Mississippi. These storms produced a total of 10 tornadoes.